A Little Bit of Everything

Life and Other Such Interesting Things (Reply)

This isn't really related to writing. My life has gotten enormously complicated--I'm in the process of adopting my two granddaughters, ages 2 and 1, after having cared for them since they were 11 months and four weeks old, respectively. The process is taking an inordinate amount of time and driving me crazy.

We adopted their mother when she was 16, along with her fraternal twin, and that was several years ago. My kid keeps struggling to straighten her life out, and some days are wins, and some days are not. The push-pull of mothering her and the babies, especially when the kid struggles with her mental health issues, is enough to make me want to run and hide.

Well, I'll likely bury that impulse, but writing and reading have always been my key way to dissociate from life stress, so I need to make time for it.

I'm going to keep working on my fiction that I've started, but I won't post anything on public archives until it's complete. I think I've learned that lesson.